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OpenSCAD

Starting with nightly build 2024.09.28, the Manifold geometry backend is no longer experimental: It’s now possible to choose between the two geometry backends in Preferences->Advanced->3D Rendering->Backend.

For cmd-line usage: openscad --backend=manifold

CGAL is (for the time being) still the default backend.

Thanks to @ochafik for spearheading this, and to the Manifold team for being very supportive and engaging actively with the OpenSCAD community!

Screenshot of the OpenSCAD Preferences dialog showing the "Advanced" tab with the new option in the "3D Rendering" section. The new option is called "Backend" and allows switching between the options "CGAL (old/slow)" and "Manifold (new/fast)".
Oct 05, 2024, 09:10 PM·Public
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Rick Ekle

@OpenSCAD why hasn’t theee been a new release for the Mac in 3 years? Are we just supposed to use the nightlies?

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Oliv(e|i?er|ia) Oliveieria

@rekle @OpenSCAD This is true for every platform, no release since 2021. I don't know why this is, I've always been running from source to avoid the issue.

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Rick Ekle

@olive @OpenSCAD it shouldn’t be that hard to automate creating a new build once every month or something like that. The ‘old’ releases make it look like OpenSCAD is not being maintained.

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